Dell PRECISION T3600 Technical Manualbook

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Dell Inc.One Dell WayRound Rock, Texas 78682www.dell.comNovember 23, 2011Subject: Statement of Volatility – Dell Precision Workstation T3600Gentlemen:The Dell Precision Workstation T3600 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV)components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of powerfrom the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after thepower has been removed from the component.The following memory components are present in the T3600:BIOS ConfigurationThe BIOS information is stored in two flash ICs, one 8 MByte and one 4 MByte.These devices are identified as U_BIOS1 and U_BIOS2 on the motherboard. Theseparts contain the boot code and data necessary to take the hardware from a power-off or low-power state to a state where it is ready to be managed by the operatingsystem. No information pertaining to user applications or data is stored in thesedevices, however, they do store administrator and/or hard drive encryptionpasswords if those features are enabled by the user.Embedded ControllerThe Embedded Controller contains 256 kByte of non-volatile storage space and isidentified as U_EC1 on the motherboard. The EC contains the software necessary tomanage low-level control functions on the motherboard such as thermal control.No information pertaining to user applications or data is stored in the U_EC1 device.The embedded controller also contains 8.25 kBytes of volatile memory space. Thecontents of this memory space are lost when power is removed from the system.PCH CMOSThe PCH, identified as U_PCH, contains a 256 Byte battery-backed memory. Thismemory contains custom configuration data required by the BIOS to boot thesystem. It does not store passwords or other user level data. The contents of thisspace are lost, after several minutes, if the coin-cell battery is removed from themotherboard.TPM 1.2 (Trusted Platform Module) Security DeviceThis device (identified as U_TPM) stores TPM configuration data used by thehardware and the security software offered by Dell. Encrypted user keys generatedby the TPM device for use by the security software are stored in this NVM.All other components on the motherboard will lose data once power is removed from thesystem. Primary power loss (unplug the power cord) will destroy all user data in the mainsystem memory (DDR3 DIMMs) and the on-board graphics and storage interface devices.However, the user should note that under some circumstances (for example, cold

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